The Brutalist Report - tech
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- Anthropic co-founder to present AI encyclical alongside Pope Leo XIV [2d]
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- LoRA and Weight Decay (2023) [2d]
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- Mexican government breached by solo user with Claude, 150 GB exfiltrated [2d]
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- Alignment pretraining: AI discourse creates self-fulfilling (mis)alignment [2d]
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- Who will buy your services if you fire us all? [2d]
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- US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero [2d]
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- No More JetBrains Products for Me [2d]
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- Skills in Web, iOS, and Android [2d]
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- Crypto industry lobbies to evade AML/CTF rules [2d]
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- Recreate famous water profiles using supermarket bottled water [2d]
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- Shutterstock to pay $35M over hard-to-cancel subscriptions [2d]
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- The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers [2d]
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- Hyperpolyglot Lisp: Common Lisp, Racket, Clojure, Emacs Lisp [2d]
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- Show HN: We missed Winamp, so we built an audio player for macOS [2d]
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- New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC [2d]
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- loopmaster – Livecoding Music IDE [2d]
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- Agora-1: The Multi-Agent World Model [2d]
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- A Markdown-based test suite [2d]
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- Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now [2d]
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- Simulating Infinity in Conway's Game of Life with Modern C++ [2d]
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- Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now [2d]
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- We let AIs run radio stations [2d]
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- Your Most Improbable Life [2d]
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- At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo [2d]
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- Cutting inference cold starts by 40x with LP, FUSE, C/R, and CUDA-checkpoint [2d]
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- Iran will impose fees on subsea internet cables in Strait of Hormuz [2d]
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- Hanoi's humble beer glass and the memory of a nation [2d]
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- Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI [2d]
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- Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait [2d]
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- Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5 [2d]
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- Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5 [2d]
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- Anduril and Meta's quest to make smart glasses for warfare [2d]
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- Anthropic Acquires Stainless [2d]
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- Show HN: I built a sovereign OS, L1 blockchain, AI agent, and language [2d]
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- Qwen 3.7 Preview [2d]
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- A Rust-Python thing I am working on. Apache 2 licence [2d]
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- Show HN: InsForge – Open-source Heroku for coding agents [2d]
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- We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –author flag [2d]
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- Garry Tan, the CEO of venture YC, accused me of unethical reporting [2d]
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- Show HN: I made a tactical map-based WWII submarine simulator (public beta) [2d]
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- What "Amazon Supply Chain Services" Tells Us About What Amazon Is [2d]
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- I'm a Normie. Can Normies Vibe Code? [2d]
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- 1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries [2d]
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- Sharla Boehm, the programmer whose code underpins the Internet [2d]
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- When Fast Fourier Transform Meets Transformer for Image Restoration [2d]
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- Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R. [2d]
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- The Invention of Buses [2d]
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- Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them [2d]
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- Project Glasswing: what Mythos showed us [2d]
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- Show HN: Files.md – open-source alternative to Obsidian [2d]
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- Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI [2d]
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- RISC-V and Floating Point [2d]
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- Panelook [2d]
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- The OEIS meta sequence and subway stations [2d]
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- Simulated Evolution on the PICO-8 [2d]
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- The era of free money may have ended [2d]
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- 'We mould trees to grow into the shape of chairs' [2d]
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- Unusual uses of OEIS sequences on GitHub [2d]
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- Enough with the AI FOMO, go slow-mo, says Domo CDO [2d]
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- Should I take my car to the carwash 50M away or walk? [2d]
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- Benedict Evans: AI eats the world (Spring 26) [pdf] [2d]
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- Hershey Bets on Agentic AI to Rethink $2B in Marketing Spend [2d]
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- Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' [2d]
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- Learn Harness Engineering [2d]
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- When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled [2d]
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- A deep dive into Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana, expected to reach 5 GW of compute capacity; source: Meta plans to spend $200B+ on the project (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Procurement records: the FBI seeks a vendor that can provide access to automated license plate readers nationwide; Flock and Motorola are among the few options (Joseph Cox/404 Media) [2d]
- A CISA contractor maintained a now-offline GitHub repo that exposed credentials to AWS GovCloud accounts and CISA systems; CISA is investigating the situation (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) [2d]
- Internal memo: Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, two days before it is set to lay off 10% of its workforce (Eli Tan/New York Times) [2d]
- Sources: AI chip designer Tenstorrent has drawn takeover interest from Intel and Qualcomm; Tenstorrent could be valued at more than $5B in a potential deal (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Anthropic last week began letting Mythos users share cybersecurity threats with others who may face similar vulnerabilities, modifying its previous stance (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says the judge and jury "never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality" and he will file an appeal (Elon Musk/@elonmusk) [2d]
- Akamai is seeking to raise $2.6B in a convertible bond offering, and plans to use $350M of the offering to buy back its common stock from buyers of the bonds (David Morris/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Cloudflare tests Mythos against 50+ repositories, highlights its ability to chain bugs into a single exploit, and details a vulnerability discovery harness (Grant Bourzikas/Cloudflare) [2d]
- Anthropic acquires NYC-based Stainless, which generates SDKs from APIs, and plans to wind down its hosted products, after reportedly discussing a $300M+ deal (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) [2d]
- X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to "50 original posts and 200 replies per day", down from 2,400 posts per day (Jackson Chen/Engadget) [2d]
- Uber increases its stake in Delivery Hero to 19.5%, up from 7% in April, and says it "has no intent to acquire 30% or more" of Delivery Hero's voting rights (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Seagate shares drop 9%+, leading a group-wide sell-off after comments from its CEO raised concerns it won't be able to meet demand fueled by the AI buildout (CJ Haddad/CNBC) [2d]
- Sigma, which sells a cloud-native analytics platform that sits on top of data warehouses, raised an $80M Series E led by Princeville Capital at a $3B valuation (Cristian Dina/The Next Web) [2d]
- Musk v. Altman jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman (CNBC) [2d]
- Cursor releases Composer 2.5, saying it's better at sustained work on long-running tasks and follows complex instructions more reliably; it's built on Kimi K2.5 (Cursor) [2d]
- NextEra's $67B deal to buy Dominion, the largest utility merger in US history, signals a new era of utility consolidation to accommodate AI-driven power demand (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sony is hiking the starting price of one-month and three-month PlayStation Plus subscriptions in "select regions", blaming "ongoing market conditions" (Jay Peters/The Verge) [2d]
- Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest bitcoin ATM operator, files for bankruptcy, blaming "increasingly stringent compliance obligations" (Omkar Godbole/CoinDesk) [2d]
- Internal chats: in March, xAI offered employees $420 in exchange for completed tax filings as training data for Grok, but the bonuses haven't been paid out (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety) [2d]
- Arkham: Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, processed $2.3B+ since 2023 via Tron and BNB Chain, including $23M+ since the Iran war started in February (Reuters) [2d]
- Iranian media: Iran launches "Hormuz Safe", a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped (Golnar Motevalli/Bloomberg) [2d]
- The Vatican says Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah will join Pope Leo on May 25 to launch the pope's first encyclical, setting out his views on the AI age (Flavia Rotondi/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Decart, which offers real-time generative video and GPU optimization tech, raised $300M at a ~$4B valuation, up from $3.1B after raising $153M in August 2025 (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal) [2d]
- Strategy acquired 24,869 bitcoin for ~$2.01B at an average price of $80,985 between May 11 and May 17, taking its holding to 843,738 BTC, or 4% of total supply (James Hunt/The Block) [2d]
- Sources: internal competition among Google staff and researchers for TPUs intensified as it prioritizes cloud customers and flagship AI products over research (Julia Love/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Dust, which helps enterprises design and deploy specialized AI agents that work alongside humans, raised a $40M Series B led by Abstract and Sequoia (Chris Metinko/Axios) [2d]
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- Microsoft's finally letting you change the Copilot key back to what it was before Windows 11's AI assistant existed [2d]
- Researchers have built a device that increases computer chip processing speed by 1000 times — but without generating extra heat, potentially ushering in a new generation of devices, but you won't get one for several years at least [2d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #1576) [2d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #1073) [2d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #807) [2d]
- Here are the 3 Google I/O 2026 Android XR smart glasses announcements I'm hoping to see [2d]
- You can't buy them for your home or office, but AWS just snapped up a host of Apple's most highly desired M3 Ultra Macs [2d]
- Yamaha's new budget AV receivers mean you can build a Dolby Atmos system with 4K 120Hz passthrough for the price of a decent soundbar setup — and it's even offering a bundle with a 5.1 surround setup to prove it [2d]
- With a chart-topping 86,000 supporters on its subreddit, Proton VPN has built-in community of like-minded privacy advocates – and it's a good time to join them with $48 off the usual price [2d]
- The Sonos Move 2 has a new Bluetooth speaker competitor that comes in a cool and practical Scandi design — and it's way cheaper, though it lacks two key features [2d]
- 'I'm sorry Dave': NASA is working on an AI chip to help next-generation spacecraft think for themselves — so clearly they haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey [2d]
- 'We have not seen the limits of what Atlas can do': Boston Dynamics shows off Atlas robot's impressive fridge-lifting and drink delivery capabilities — it's only 'limited by our imagination' [2d]
- Thinking of upgrading to the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra? Here's why you should consider an older model instead [2d]
- 12 Memorial Day TV Deals worth shopping at Best Buy — up to $2,000 off best-rated Samsung, Sony, and LG TVs [2d]
- As TechRadar's TV tester, I've created 4 TV and soundbar setups to suit every budget — just in time for the World Cup [2d]
- ‘Coming Bright Up’ — Apple reveals when to tune into the WWDC 26 keynote and teases what’s coming — and yes, it’s probably Siri [2d]
- 21 of the top deals from the Best Buy Memorial Day sale — get up to 50% off TVs, appliances, laptops, headphones, wearable, and more [2d]
- Anthropic to present exposed Mythos flaws to global watchdog – claims critical vulnerabilities found ‘in every major operating system and web browser’ [2d]
- What is the release date for Half Man episode 5 on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer? [2d]
- The AndaSeat Phantom 4 Pro brings a lot to the table, but comfort takes a back seat for impressive ergonomics [2d]
- How to watch Married at First Sight USA season 19 for FREE – stream dating show from anywhere [2d]
- 'It's kind of humbling to come back to a project after all these years, to know that the fans love the game and they love the character so much' — Edward Kenway's actor speaks about revisiting the character for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced [2d]
- 5 ChatGPT hacks I wish I’d started using sooner — they completely changed how I use AI [2d]
- 'Almost entirely unmanageable': Linus Torvalds says AI bug hunters have ruined Linux security mailing list [2d]
- How to watch The Dark Side of Married at First Sight from anywhere – it's *FREE* [2d]
- Edward Kenway actor says among the new scenes for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced there's one that adds 'more weight' to the character's personal conflict [2d]
- Lanterns has received a thrilling new trailer ahead of its August launch on HBO Max — and it feels like a direct response to fan criticisms of the DC comic book show's first teaser [2d]
- This smart spotting scope can identify up to 10,000 bird species for you, sports a 30x zoom, and 4K video with subject tracking autofocus — bird watching might never be the same again [2d]
- Another top WordPress plugin exploited — hackers target credit card details, here's what you need to know [2d]
- Discord's latest 'year of the Linux desktop' update is a game-changer for Steam Deck, but fans are concerned about its age verification plans [2d]
- I listened to 90+ audiobooks whilst building successful businesses – here are the only 8 you really need [2d]
- 'The exact same issue that was reported to Microsoft by Google project zero is actually still present, unpatched': Chaotic Eclipse strikes again with another worrying Windows security flaw [2d]
- Deepfakes are eroding trust: Why verification tools are essential [2d]
- I've scanned Adorama's Memorial Day sale: these are the 15 best early deals on Canon, Sony, Nikon, and other brands [2d]
- The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales trades turn-based combat for real-time action [2d]
- Pro-Iran hackers claim recent Spotify outage was revenge for US action in their country [2d]
- ‘The key switches have an immensely satisfying thwock’ — I reviewed Keychron’s gratifyingly clacky keyboard and it’s a beautifully constructed but hefty beast that I'm loving for my home office [2d]
- Grafana says hackers hit its GitHub environment, demand ransom to prevent codebase release — but it's refusing to pay [2d]
- 'It’s all shaping up to be a wonderfully daring adventure, with plenty of surprises in store' — The 2026 Future Games Show Summer Showcase has found its hosts in The Last of Us actor Troy Baker and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis' Alix Wilton Regan [2d]
- Dutton Ranch fans are convinced Yellowstone spinoff's premiere has glaring 'plot hole' that completely ruins season 5 part 2 ending of hit Taylor Sheridan Western series [2d]
- What is the release date for The Boys season 5 episode 8 on Prime Video? [2d]
- 'I'm confused and I need an adult' — that unsettling Steam game you're seeing on Instagram is real, it's coming soon, and frankly, I'm terrified [2d]
- 5 things to expect at Google I/O 2026 — from Android XR smart glasses to Gemini Remy [2d]
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- Never Put Your Alexa or Echo Speaker in These 3 Trouble Spots [2d]
- 2027 Volvo EX60 Arrives in US With $59,795 Starting Price and a Lot to Prove [2d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 19, #603 [2d]
- Apple Reveals Dates of Tim Cook's Final WWDC as CEO [2d]
- Sam Altman and OpenAI Beat Elon Musk in Court, Paving the Way for a Potential IPO [2d]
- Apple's Next-Gen Siri App May Lean Heavily on Google's AI [2d]
- Humanoid Robots and Robot Pets Are No Longer Welcome on Southwest Flights [2d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 19 #807 [2d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 19, #1073 [2d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for May 19, #1795 [2d]
- Honor's Influencer-Coded Robot Phone Set for Fall Launch in China [2d]
- I Tested the iPhone 17 Pro Max. It's Part Midlife Crisis and Part Battery-Life King [2d]
- HBO Max: The 32 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch [2d]
- PlayStation Plus Prices Are Increasing for New Subscribers Starting May 20 [2d]
- Google I/O 2026 Live: Gemini Intelligence, Android XR and More AI Expected [2d]
- Free Ways to Recycle Your Old Laptop, PC and Printer This Spring [2d]
- Finn and Jake Return: 'Adventure Time: Side Quests' to Stream in June [2d]
- Your AI Glossary: 54 Terms Everyone Should Know [2d]
- Best MacBook Alternatives 2026 [2d]
- Tubi Kicks Off 2026 World Cup Coverage With a New, Dedicated Hub [2d]
- Love Your Internet? Hate It? Vote in the 2026 People's Picks Awards [2d]
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